Seven Republican Conventions Through American History
A compact survey traces the evolution of Republican nominating practices from early conventions to the rise of the congressional caucus system, the 1856 Philadelphia gathering, and later Chicago contests. It notes key figures such as Lincoln Fremont Grant and outlines election outcomes, party strategy shifts, and the creation of the Union party era.
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Prestletis
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Tennessee
Gen. Jackson
Pennsylvania
John Quincy Adams
Winfield Scott
North
South
Fillmore Party
Bell-Everett
Union Party
John P. Lale
United States
Congress
Kansas
Harper's Magazine
Nathaniel P. Banks
House of Representatives
Philadelphia
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Kan
John Brown
San Francisco
Vigilance Committee
Nebraska
Chicago
Lincoln
Slave States
Friends of the
Union
Bell
Everett
Ben Wade
William P. Fessenden
Ulysses S. Grant
Sumner
Seward
Fessenden
Hamlin
Jackson
Crosby
Opera House
Carl Schurz
Joseph J. Hawley
Schuyler Colfax
Grant
Colfax
Seymour
Blair
Nen Wilson
Horace Greeley
Cincinnati
Rutherford Burchard Hayes
Ohio
James A. Garfield
Grover Cleveland
The Country Editor's Wife a Joyful Local Chronicle
An excerpt contrasts domestic bliss of a country editor and his wife with comments on anglomania and California culture. The New York Sun poem praises the editor's wife life, while the San Francisco Chronicle quips about London time and anglophilia.
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Rockies
Oakland
San Francisco
New York
California
Yaas
London
San Francisco Chronicle
Trained Down Too Fine and Sunday Stage Debate
A humorous exchange from The Epoch and Life features a landlady urging Dumley to exercise while he resists. Mrs Obadiah declines church attendance due to a sick footman, remarking on the propriety of stage travel on Sunday as a punchline.
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Dumley
Mr. Dumley
Mrs. Hendricks
Obadiah
Fifth Avenue
How to Remove Spots
An Austin youth with limited funds seeks stain removal advice after a large ink spot stains his coat. A friend suggests a chemical preparation costing twenty five cents to soak the spot, but the youth considers soaking the entire coat to potentially earn four dollars, per Texas Biftings.
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Austin
Vanderbilt's
Prize Cigars and the Hard to Draw Brand Story
Featherly questions why the Dumley cigar is called prize cigars. Dumley explains the name may reflect the cigars’ hard draw and branding. The exchange occurs as Featherly smokes and puffs about the label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richi
Stinson & Co
Portland, Maine
Featherly
Dumley
Harper's Bazar
Big Tariff Debate Sets Othello Library Night
The Omaha World notes a late evening meeting of the Othello Literary Club described as a notable debate on tariff policy. Dinah and Bam are depicted in dialog about attending, signaling civic engagement and local discussion.
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Dinah
Bam
Chile
Omaha World
Extension. Physician's Wife Ailing Finances Hit Watershed
In a concise New York Sun vignette a physician explains his dire finances as creditors extend his paper to the middle of the watermelon season. His spouse voices alarm while the attorney hopes for a recovery amid mounting debts.
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New York
Sun
Had Her Picture Taken And Revival Sermons
A Boston Globe reader recalls his daughter’s photo session after attending Trinity Sunday school and revival meetings. The child describes feeling like going forward for prayers, unsure if the picture turned out well. An anecdote notes a soap firm offering free census ads in Britain, which was declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Sunday School
Henry W. Woodbury
Boston Globe
Mortgage Foreclosure Notice in Mitchell Dakota Territory 1888
Notice is given that The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford will foreclose a mortgage on the southwest quarter of section 24, township 101, range 61, containing 160 acres, Davison County Dakota Territory. Sale at public auction at the courthouse steps in Mitchell on April 14, 1888 at 10 AM. Sheriff auctioneer O. O. Stanchfeld. attorney A. E. Sirencock.
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Rudolp Lite
Elizabeth St. Litz
Davison
Territory of Dakota
Travelers Insurance Company of
Hartford
Tavicord
Connecticut
Dunyison
Territory of
Dakota
Moriwaes
Mitchell
Mitchell, D.T
THE
Travelers Insurance Company
Dborigages
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Fremont
Blaine
Coman
Abraham Lincoln
Wilson
William L. Dayton
New Jersey
Senate
Atlantic States
Buchanan
Fillmore
Maryland
Minneapolis Tribune
New York Sun
Coca
Warre
Driggisis Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington, VT
Mitchell National Bank
W.G. Davison
N. L
Ipp
Abcleveland
Karel
Tiwra
Cortlandt ST
Elizabeth Brearley
Rod. Martin
Mitchell, Oak
William IT Grearley
L.O. Gale
Mitchel
K. E. Cale
O. Walrath
Walrath & Morrow
Triumph
Deering & Co
Milburn
Beloit
Farmers’ Friend
J.J. Case
Herbert BR. Durell
Herbert B. Durel
Dak Rch
Durell
Herbert
Sequachee Valley
Chas. W. Richards
Pittsburg
Marion County
Tenn
Inman
State
Allan, Wilson
Europe
J. O. Davy
Agt
Western Union Telesrayh
Mitehed
Dak
Hiram Sibley & CO
Rochester
N. Y
Ill
B. Main
N, Clark
Ariola
Atlantic
Pacific
Labelle Ranche Horse Importing
Winfred
Lake County
Percheron
English Shire
Suffolk Punch
Cleveland Bay
Yorkshire
S. M
Vilas
Geo. L. Wright
Sec’y
Wmiortcade
A. E. Sirencock
Murtgagee
O. O. Stanchfeld
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan Avenue
Elkhaf Ro
W. B. Pratt
Elkhart
Indiana
Surrey
Cortalis
Addres
Sheldon
Temple Court
Hminneapolis
Minn
Senden Electric Co
LaSallest
Fatanos Gu World
Rogers & Scott
Transac
Flectic
Aber
Barnes, Crat, & Crats
Guine
Porter
Gardles
Yani Oday
Fixe
Orehea
Jon Tod R and
Joner
Cassi Jon Res Best As
Vani
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